Children's referent selection and word learning: Insights from a developmental robotic system
dc.contributor.author | Twomey, KE | en |
dc.contributor.author | Morse, AF | en |
dc.contributor.author | Cangelosi, A | en |
dc.contributor.author | Horst, JS | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-27T15:00:29Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-27T15:00:29Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-01-01 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1572-0373 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/8330 | |
dc.description.abstract |
It is well-established that toddlers can correctly select a novel referent from an ambiguous array in response to a novel label. There is also a growing consensus that robust word learning requires repeated label-object encounters. However, the effect of the context in which a novel object is encountered is less wellunderstood. We present two embodied neural network replications of recent empirical tasks, which demonstrated that the context in which a target object is encountered is fundamental to referent selection and word learning. Our model offers an explicit account of the bottom-up associative and embodied mechanisms which could support children's early word learning and emphasises the importance of viewing behaviour as the interaction of learning at multiple timescales. | en |
dc.format.extent | 101 - 127 | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.title | Children's referent selection and word learning: Insights from a developmental robotic system | en |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
plymouth.issue | 1 | en |
plymouth.volume | 17 | en |
plymouth.publication-status | Published | en |
plymouth.journal | Interaction Studies | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1075/is.17.1.05two | en |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups/Institute of Health and Community | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups/Marine Institute | |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1572-0381 | en |
dc.rights.embargoperiod | No embargo | en |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1075/is.17.1.05two | en |
rioxxterms.licenseref.uri | http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved | en |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en |
plymouth.oa-location | https://benjamins.com/#catalog/journals/is.17.1.05two/details | en |